The deadline to apply for media credentials to cover the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards was Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. The online application process is now closed. Due to the overwhelming number of applications, there are no exceptions to this deadline. Please do not contact The Recording Academy® or Rogers & Cowan to ask for an extension of this deadline. If you applied in time, you will receive notification of your credential status beginning Jan. 8, 2009. Please do not make travel arrangements until your credential status has been confirmed.

If you have already applied for credentials but need to download a Technical Request Form, please download here. The deadline to submit the form to Ann Marino at Bounce via e-mail at marino218@hotmail.com is Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Any requests submitted after the deadline will be subject to additional fees.

Media Credentials
Please contact the following individuals to request credentials for each respective GRAMMY Week event:

GRAMMY Salute To Jazz^® and GRAMMY Salute To Classical Music^®
Jennifer Keppel, The Recording Academy
jenniferk@grammy.com

Music In Focus: Music Preservation Project and Entertainment Law Initiative
Christina Cassidy, GRAMMY Foundation
christina.cassidy@grammy.com

Rock My Soul
Jennifer Keppel, The Recording Academy
jenniferk@grammy.com

Special Merit Awards Ceremony
Lourdes Lopez, The Recording Academy
lourdesl@grammy.com

Pre-GRAMMY Gala/GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons
Heather Lewandoski/Jessica Erskine, R & C
hlewandoski@rogersandcowan.com
jerskine@rogersandcowan.com
Jennifer Keppel, The Recording Academy
jenniferk@grammy.com

MusiCares^® Person of the Year      
Eileen Thompson, Rogers & Cowan
eithompson@rogersandcowan.com

GRAMMY Career Day      
Heather Lewandoski, Rogers & Cowan
hlewandoski@rogersandcowan.com                                             
Christina Cassidy , GRAMMY Foundation                                    
christina.cassidy@grammy.com                                                    
Lourdes Lopez, The Recording Academy
lourdesl@grammy.com

GRAMMY Style Studio
Kate Nobelius, Hatch Inc. Consulting
kate@hatchincconsulting.com
Jasmine Vega
Jasmine@jprllc.net
Jennifer Keppel, The Recording Academy
jenniferk@grammy.com

GRAMMY Gift Lounge
Lindsay Kelterer, Distinctive Assets
lindsay@distinctiveassets.com